Rebuilt: the return of Jennifer bliss

enjoyed as a Bliss. She barely managed to feed herself daily. She worked menial jobs, including fixing abandoned radios she found in junky

he worked for. She reminded herself continuously that she wasn't helpless, and her skills were still worth

for the couple next door that also sold fruits at the roadside in the neighborhood, always went to work. She worked as a cleaner

s of taxies from drivers in the streets. She also built on growing from her mother's flowerpots into a little garden, and after working in the day, she would spend part of the evenings pulling weeds and wa

r some medications or check-up. She lay in bed the whole day until a colleague and friend of hers, Janet, stopped by her house to inquire why she had been away fr

ama was happening and saved the situation while Janet, in appreciation, made sure to give her a ride back home after work every day. And

ave you taken any meds yet? "We need to get you to see a doctor immediately" continued Janet, without

tough but soft too. Even though she was older, Janet always acted like a big

arm. "How is any of this a

u came to see an ill friend, and if yo

se get up and let's go get some drugs", she said while trying to pull Jennifer out of bed carefully. Her attempts were in vain as Jennifer complained h

ifer, they had confided in each other, and she had known of Jennifer's divorce and problems with finding a corporate job to match her skills. She, too, had just ended

rt as Jennifer. They had a lot in common, including the fact that their names started with the same letter of the alphabet, and

her. She cleaned up around the house a little while Jennifer was asleep before going to her house to pick up some clothes and wo

, and weeks into months and her friend got even worse. Of course, she had

edly. She was really worried no pretense. She reassured her friend to take care of the bills a